<p class="poetry">Then I said, &#8220;I am sickened by the thoughtp> <p class="poetry">that the sovereign One<n id="1" /> might become inactive.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If I were to say, &#8220;Certainly the darkness will cover me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the light will turn to night all around me,&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I wish I had wings like a dove!p> <p class="poetry">I would fly away and settle in a safe place!p>

<p class="poetry">For forty years I was continually disgusted<n id="1" /> with that generation,p> <p class="poetry">and I said, &#8216;These people desire to go astray;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they do not obey my commands.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel deserves praise,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the future and forevermore.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Let all the people say, &#8220;We agree!<n id="3" /> Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>